Yes. The step you are missing is that archiving makes a new file that is a
100% copy of your existing file--they call this the archive file, and then
they weed out some transactions--there are exceptions for a number of
reasons--from your main file. The file that shrank is your main file post
archiving. The file that still has all of the old stuff in it is the
"archive" file.

Archiving is pretty limited and has many more drawbacks than benefits. Many
of us Just Say No. I've just said no for ten years now.

"Alex" <dabramsky1[at]cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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I tried to archive some accounts today in Money 2001. It
does compact the file and stores it separately, but when
I go into my program again. All the accounts are still
there and all the entries before the date specified are
still there too.
Am I missing a step here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.